Improvement in hub-bands for vehicles



M. H. CRANE.

Hub-Bands for Vehicles.-

N0.]5 1,569 `PatentedJune2,1874.

UNTED STATES PATENT OFFICE MARTIN H. CRANE, OF CINCINNATI,- OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO CRANE, BREED 8v CO.

IMPROVEMENT IN HUB-BANDS FOR VEHICLES.

Specilcation fonning part ot' Letters Patent No. 151,569, dated June 2, 1874; application led March 4, 1874,

To all 207mm 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN H. CRANE, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hub Bands for CarriagelVheels, ot' which the following is a specication:

My invention is designed for carriage-Wheels on which hnbbands otl elaborate ornamentation or high polish are used; and my invention consists of a two-part band, one part of which is ot rough unfinished construction, and used to permanently protect the hub, and the other part detachable by a screw-thread connection, and having upon its exposed exterior the ornamentation plating or high iinish, the object being to enable the finished part, which v is easily damaged or detaced, to be taken off,

cleaned, and pnt away safely until the carriage is required for use, leaving, however, the unfinished or less expensive band to fully and permanently protect the hub ot' the Wheel from splitting.

Figure l is a perspective view of the eX- ferior part, or detachable part, of my improved hub-band. Fig. 2 is an axial section ot' a hub with the two parts of the band united and in place on the hub.

A is the hub of ordinary construction. B is a band of metal surrounding the outer end ofthe hub, and secured to it tightly by shrinking, application of screws, or otherwise. It is screw-threaded on its exterior periphery, and

is a permanent band for the protection constantly of the hub from the danger of splitting. It is not necessarily ornamented or highly iinished, being designed to admitof rough usage Wh en the outer band is removed. C is the eX- terior or outer band. It is screw-threaded interiorly at its inner end to lit over the screwthreaded exterior of the band B, as shown in Fig. 2. This exterior band is, preferably, of

circular form at its inner end, and ot' hexagonal form at its out-er end, the sides ot' the hexagon being Toughened to form steps for convenience of persons passing onto, into, or from, the carriage, and this band is so prolonged as to cover up the usually unsightly end of the axle-box and the nut of the axle.

This band C, being detachable, is adapted for- 

